7.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issues a warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto. Kato, in turn, orders Ikemoto to bring a rival gang in line, and immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo, who runs with his own crew. The tricky jobs that no one wants to do always seem to end up in Otomo's lap.
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Jun KunimuraForeign | 100% |
Drama | 46% |
Crime | 30% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Japanese: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
Hardcoded English Subtitles
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Takeshi Kitano's "Autoreiji" a.k.a "Outrage" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Studio Canal. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer and a long featurette with cast interviews and raw footage from the shooting of the film. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
What kind of a deal?
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Takeshi Kitano's Outrage arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Studio Canal.
The Hong Kong Blu-ray release of Outrage by Panorama used a very strong high-definition transfer, and I was expecting the UK release to be just as impressive. And it certainly is -- detail is terrific, clarity excellent throughout the entire film, and contrast levels stable. The color-scheme favors the same rich but natural blues, greens, grays, and browns that shape up the distinctive look the film has on the Hong Kong release as well (I have not seen Outrage theatrically, but I assume that this is indeed the correct color balance). There is a small difference in the brightness levels - the Hong Kong release looks marginally darker (comapre screenshot #5 with screenshot #1 from the Hong Kong release) - but the difference is insignificant. Lastly, compression here is slightly better, and I did not see any banding patterns to report in this review. All in all, the presentation is competent and enormously satisfying. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Japanese LPCM 2.0. For the record, Studio Canal have provided imposed English subtitles for the main feature (they cannot be turned off). They appear inside the image frame.
The Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track has s strong dynamic amplitude that enhances the many action scenes in the film very well. There is good surround-channel activity as well. Keiichi Suzuki's soundtrack also gets a strong boost, and during a number of key scenes the industrial noises it incorporates are indeed very effective. The dialog is exceptionally crisp, clean, stable, and easy to follow. There are no sync issues and the English translation is excellent.
Outrage is an ambitious but ultimately rather predictable gangster film that should appeal primarily to longtime fans of Japanese superstar Takeshi Kitano. I thought that the film was quite entertaining at times but lacking the rawness and charm of Takeshi Kitano's early films, and specifically Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Sonatine, and Hana-bi. Let's hope that we will eventually see these films on Blu-ray as well. RECOMMENDED.
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